Rutger Groot Wassink

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The Stopera, the city hall, in Amsterdam
Politics
New Amsterdam executive team sworn in after council backs PRO–D66 coalition deal
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Aldermen Sofyan Mbarki, Hester van Buren, Zita Pels, Rutger Groot Wassink, and Touria Meliani lay flowers during the commemoration of the February Strike of 1941 at the Dokwerker in Amsterdam. The event is organized jointly by the Committee for the Commemoration of the February Strike 1941 and the City of Amsterdam.
Politics
Amsterdam honors February strike 85 years after historic protest against Nazi occupation
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Homeless person sitting on a bench.
Health
Over 20,000 homeless people counted in Amsterdam and The Hague
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Image of the time capsule to be buried by on Dam Square in Amsterdam on September 13, 2025.
Politics
Time capsule to be buried on Dam Square to mark Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary
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Facial reconstruction of the first known Amsterdammer, a man between the ages of 20 and 25 who died between 1150 and 1215
CultureLifestyle
Locals vote to name first known Amsterdammer Alewijn
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A sign at Amsterdam Central Station guiding Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands to a Red Cross station. 27 March 2022
Politics
Amsterdam turns away Ukrainian refugees due to lack of shelter space
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A small group of people gathered at the Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center in November 2014
Politics
Minister Faber blames COA for overcrowded Ter Apel reception center
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Empty beds in a shelter
Politics
Amsterdam to fund basic shelter for undocumented migrants from own pocket
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Aerial view of the Dam square, Amsterdam
Business
Ethnicaly diverse Amsterdam young people struggling to enter labor market
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Archaeological finds from the cesspit in the Korte Leidsedwarsstraat.
NatureCultureWeird
Centuries-old waste from a cesspit in Amsterdam will be on display from Saturday
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An aerial view of Amsterdam, facing south, in 2016
Politics
Amsterdam has over 15 thousand homeless people despite investments in measures
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Heating system.
Business
Amsterdam housing corporations and Vattenfall yet to agree on prices for heat networks
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An aerial view of Amsterdam, facing south, in 2016
PoliticsBusiness
Amsterdam to help residents in financial trouble as Cabinet drags its feet
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Smoke rising from a fire at an apartment complex for refugees on Voetbalstraat in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. 13 November 2022
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Amsterdam to give hardest-hit victims of apartment complex fire €500
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Smoke rising from a fire at an apartment complex for refugees on Voetbalstraat in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. 13 November 2022
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Mayor expresses support for residents 125 homes destroyed in A'dam fire; 7 pets killed
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Belastingdienst Amsterdam
CrimePolitics
Over 5,000 Amsterdam parents said they were victims in the tax office profiling scandal
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A cruise ship housing asylum seekers in Amsterdam's Westelijk Havengebied, 29 September 2022
Politics
Child asylum seekers staying on Amsterdam cruise ship not yet going to school
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Homeless person sitting on a bench.
1-1-2Politics
Big cities fear shortage of winter shelter space due to homelessness increase
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Asylum seekers sleep outside the asylum application center in Ter Apel, August 2022
Politics
Number of asylum shelter spots falling, not rising
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An aerial view of Amsterdam, facing south, in 2016
Politics
Amsterdam offers to relieve crisis by housing 1,000 asylum seekers on cruise ship
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Woman wearing a burka
Crime
Islamophobia becoming increasingly normalized, Amsterdam Muslims say in study
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Amsterdam canal
Business
U.S. investor Blackstone accused of keeping hundreds of Amsterdam apartments vacant
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Binnenhof, Netherlands Parliament
Politics
The Hague to also investigate city's slavery history
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Rainy day in Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam to tackle youth unemployment with job hunters, counselors